The diploma thesis deals with the characteristic and features of legume in its theory part. It describes the structure and the features of the particular parts of the plant. The second part focuses on the characteristic of the pea and its chemical constitution. It also mentions nutritional quality of the pea and its digestibility. The practical part of the thesis focuses on the content of the dry matter, ash and it discusses the shift of the nitrogen substances and the amino acid in the raw condition and after the germination. It also analyses In vitro protein digestibility of the nitrogen substances.